Erle Stanley Gardner — The D.A. Breaks a Seal

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thrilling detective novel from the 'Doug Selby' series, in the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. The scarce first UK edition. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. An exciting crime novel from the American author and lawyer, Erle Stanley Gardner. This novel follows Major Doug Selby, a district attorney, as he attempts to solve the mystery involving gardenias and a man who appears to be poisoned. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only slight shelf wear. The odd spot only to the endpapers. The wrap is sound with a closed tear to the front flyleaf joint, handling marks, slight sunning and minor tidemarks to the spine, and creasing, chipping and small closed tears to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.